Columbia County > Chatham

County: Columbia

Population:
  4,104 town
  1,529 village


Chatham was named for William Pitt, Lord Chatham.

School districts: Chatham Central School District

Libraries: Chatham Public Library

Emergency services: Chatham Fire Department

Fraternal organizations: American Legion, Lions

Change agents:

Grants to local organizations have supported public art installations and outdoor music performances, roof restoration at the village hall, land acquisition to protect Taghkanic headwaters, and other causes.


Recent grants:
GRANT KEY:


Camphill Ghent
  Alexander and Marjorie Hover Foundation  -  Germantown, NY  -  $4,500  (2022)

Camphill Ghent
  Bentley Holden Fund  -  Roxbury, NY  -  $2,300  (2022)

Chatham
  New York State Department of Environmental Conservation  -  Albany, NY  -  $80,000  (2024)

Chatham
  New York State Land Trust Alliance  -  Albany, NY  -  $115,200  (2023)

Chatham Film Club
  T. Backer Fund  -  Chatham, NY  -  $23,000  (2022)

Chatham Police Department
  NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services  -  Albany, NY  -  $30,200  (2024)

Chatham Silent Food Pantry
  T. Backer Fund  -  Chatham, NY  -  $3,000  (2022)

Columbia County Youth Theatre
  Alexander and Marjorie Hover Foundation  -  Germantown, NY  -  $3,000  (2022)

Columbia County Youth Theatre
  Children's Foundation of Columbia County  -  Hudson, NY  -  $3,000  (2022)

Columbia County Youth Theatre
  T. Backer Fund  -  Chatham, NY  -  $2,500  (2022)

Columbia Land Conservacy
  Children's Foundation of Columbia County  -  Hudson, NY  -  $2,000  (2022)

Columbia Land Conservancy
  Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation  -  Sheffield, MA  -  $36,100  (2022)

Columbia Land Conservancy
  Flood-Gamble Foundation  -  New York, NY  -  $6,000  (2022)

Columbia Land Conservancy
  Holtzman Family Foundation  -  Corning, NY  -  $5,000  (2023)

Columbia Land Conservancy
  JP Morgan Chase Foundation  -  New York, NY  -  $2,000  (2022)

Columbia Land Conservancy
  T. Backer Fund  -  Chatham, NY  -  $50,000  (2022)

Crandell Theatre
  Hudson Valley Foundation for Youth Health  -  Kingston, NY  -  $2,000  (2023)

Crandell Theatre
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $40,000  (2024)

Crandell Theatre
  Regional Economic Development Councils  -  Albany, NY  -  $323,000  (2022)

Equine Advocates
  Alexander and Marjorie Hover Foundation  -  Germantown, NY  -  $3,000  (2022)

Equine Advocates
  Hathaway Family Foundation  -  Millbrook, NY  -  $1,500  (2022)

Equine Advocates
  River Farm America Foundation  -  Saratoga Springs, NY  -  $135,000  (2022)

Equine Advocates
  William Gundry Broughton Charitable Private Foundation  -  Glenville, NY  -  $15,000  (2022)

Friends of Chatham Public Library
  T. Backer Fund  -  Chatham, NY  -  $1,000  (2022)

Friends of the Tracy
  T. Backer Fund  -  Chatham, NY  -  $1,000  (2022)

Mac-Haydn Theatre
  Flood-Gamble Foundation  -  New York, NY  -  $20,000  (2022)

Mac-Haydn Theatre
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $10,000  (2024)

Morris Memorial
  Children's Foundation of Columbia County  -  Hudson, NY  -  $3,000  (2022)

Morris Memorial
  Hudson Valley Foundation for Youth Health  -  Kingston, NY  -  $2,000  (2023)

Morris Memorial
  T. Backer Fund  -  Chatham, NY  -  $8,000  (2022)

PS21
  Alexander and Marjorie Hover Foundation  -  Germantown, NY  -  $3,000  (2022)

PS21
  Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation  -  Sheffield, MA  -  $11,831  (2022)

PS21
  Children's Foundation of Columbia County  -  Hudson, NY  -  $1,500  (2022)

PS21
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $49,500  (2024)

PS21
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $35,000  (2024)

Ps21
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $30,000  (2023)

Shaker Museum and Library
  Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation  -  Sheffield, MA  -  $260,000  (2022)

Shaker Museum and Library
  National Endowment for the Humanities  -  Washington, DC  -  $554,342  (2022)

Shaker Museum and Library
  T. Backer Fund  -  Chatham, NY  -  $10,000  (2022)

Uel Wade Music Scholarship Fund
  T. Backer Fund  -  Chatham, NY  -  $1,500  (2022)


Largest nonprofits in Chatham (by assets) include:

Columbia Land Conservancy
Camphill Ghent
PS 21
Equine Advocates Incorporated
Crandell Theatre
Birches Foundation
Columbia County Agricultural Society
Richard T Sharp Foundation
Mac-Haydn Theatre
Morris Memorial Association
Alice & Murray Giddings Foundation
Camphill Association of North America
Louis F Payn Foundation for Aged People
Chatham Area Silent Pantry
Chatham Kids Club
M-Cm Network
Actors Ensemble
Columbia County Youth Theatre
New York Urban Orchards Incorporated